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Themes in 1 Samuel 30

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Themes in 1 Samuel 30

1 Samuel 30:1 (show verse)

Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire;

Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Amalekites, the » Pillaged and burned ziklag
Captive » Prisoner of war
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Philistines » Ziklag a town of, taken and plundered by the amalekites
Sieges » Mentioned in scripture » Ziklag

1 Samuel 30:2 (show verse)

and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great,

without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way.

1 Samuel 30:3 (show verse)

When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.

Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 30:4 (show verse)

Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep.

Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Mourning » For the dead » Lamentations

1 Samuel 30:5 (show verse)

Now David’s two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.

Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Ahinoam » Wife of king david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Meekness » Exemplified
The Providence of God » Saints should » Encourage themselves in
Trust » Of saints--exemplified

1 Samuel 30:7 (show verse)

Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » Used as an oracle
the Ephod » For the high priest » Worn or held by him when consulted
The high priest » Duties of » Enquiring of God by urim and thummim
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Revelation » Methods of » By urim and thummim
Urim and thummim » Instances of consulting God by

1 Samuel 30:8 (show verse)

David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?” And He said to him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all.”

Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Armies » March in ranks » Religious ceremonies attending » Seeking counsel from God before battle
Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » Used as an oracle
the Ephod » For the high priest » Worn or held by him when consulted
The high priest » Duties of » Enquiring of God by urim and thummim
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Prayer » Answered » David, asking about ziklag
Urim and thummim » Instances of consulting God by

1 Samuel 30:9 (show verse)

So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those left behind remained.

Abiathar » High priest. Called ahimelech in » Consults the ephod for david
Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Besor » Gaza » Near » Gaza
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Besor
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 30:10 (show verse)

But David pursued, he and four hundred men, for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor remained behind.

1 Samuel 30:11 (show verse)

Now they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided him water to drink.

1 Samuel 30:12 (show verse)

They gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters of raisins, and he ate; then his spirit revived. For he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.

Abiathar » High priest. Called ahimelech in » Consults the ephod for david
Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Amalekites, the » Pursued and slain by david
the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Dried fruit
Fig » Dried and preserved
Fig tree » Fruit of » Eaten dried in cakes
Food » List of articles » Dried fruit
Food » Articles of » Dried fruit
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Raisins » Given to the starving egyptian to revive him
Victuals » List of articles » Dried fruit
The vine » The fruit of » Eaten dried

1 Samuel 30:13 (show verse)

David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from?” And he said, “I am a young man of Egypt, a servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind when I fell sick three days ago.

Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Amalekites, the » Pursued and slain by david
Business life » Employers » bad examples
Business life » Employers » Bad
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Masters' » Bad--exemplified » Amalekite
Servant » Bond » An abandoned sick man
Sickness » The wicked » Forsake those in

1 Samuel 30:14 (show verse)

We made a raid on the Negev of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

1 Samuel 30:15 (show verse)

Then David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this band.”

Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Amalekites, the » Pursued and slain by david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Philistines » Called cherethites
Treason » Instances of » Of the egyptian servant against the amalekites

1 Samuel 30:16 (show verse)

When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Amalekites, the » Pursued and slain by david
Cherethites » A philistine tribe, which adhered to david, and with the pelethites formed his bodyguard
Dancing » Worldly
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Philistines » Called cherethites
Philistines » Ziklag a town of, taken and plundered by the amalekites
Revelry » Revelry at social functions
Social functions » Wedding feasts » Revelry at
Social life » Wedding feasts » Revelry at
Treason » Instances of » Of the egyptian servant against the amalekites

1 Samuel 30:17 (show verse)

David slaughtered them from the twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.

Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Amalekites, the » Pursued and slain by david
Animals » Names of » Camels
Camel » Herds of
Camel » Uses of » For cavalry
Camels » Used for » War
Cavalry » Mounted » On camels
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 30:18 (show verse)

So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.

Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Ahinoam » Wife of king david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Amalekites, the » Pursued and slain by david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 30:19 (show verse)

But nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that they had taken for themselves; David brought it all back.

Amalekites » Defeated by david
Amalekites, the » Pursued and slain by david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 30:20 (show verse)

So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, “This is David’s spoil.”

Amalekites » Defeated by david
Amalekites, the » Pursued and slain by david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 30:21 (show verse)

When David came to the two hundred men who were too exhausted to follow David, who had also been left at the brook Besor, and they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him, then David approached the people and greeted them.

Besor » Gaza » Near » Gaza
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Salutations » Were given » By superiors to inferiors

1 Samuel 30:22 (show verse)

Then all the wicked and worthless men among those who went with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away and depart.”

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

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Themes in 1 Samuel 30

1 Samuel 30:1 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:2 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:3 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:4 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:5 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:6 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:7 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:8 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:9 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:10 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:11 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:12 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:13 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:14 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:15 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:16 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:17 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:18 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:19 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:20 (show verse)

1 Samuel 30:21 (show verse)

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1 Samuel 30:31 (show verse)